Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

84-66, 46-29 Away

Final

48-102, 28-47 Home

hitters	H-AB	R	HR	RBI	AVG
J. Altuve2B	3-5	2	0	1	.311
A. Bregman3B	0-2	1	0	0	.269
Y. AlvarezDH	1-3	1	1	2	.300
J. Abreu1B	0-4	0	0	2	.233
M. BrantleyLF	0-5	0	0	0	.262
C. McCormickRF	3-4	0	0	1	.284
J. PenaSS	0-4	0	0	0	.262
J. MeyersCF	1-4	2	1	1	.226
M. MaldonadoC	0-3	1	0	0	.188

pitchers	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
F. Valdez	7.0	6	1	5	92-55	3.20
B. Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	10-8	1.91
K. Graveman	1.0	1	0	0	8-7	3.27

According to ESPN Analytics

HOU

Hits

Home Runs

Total Bases

Runners LOB

Kauffman Stadium

7:10 PM, 17 September 2023

Kansas City, Missouri

Attendance: 15,311

Game Time:2:25

Umpires:
Home Plate Umpire - Derek Thomas
First Base Umpire - Angel Hernandez
Second Base Umpire - James Hoye
Third Base Umpire - John Libka

Homers by Alvarez, Meyers support Valdez’s 7 strong innings in Astros 7-1 win over Royals

— Yordan Alvarez and Jake Meyers homered and Framber Valdez pitched seven strong innings as the Houston Astros beat the Kansas City Royals 7-1 on Sunday.

Sep 17, 2023, 11:13 pm - AP


HOU
KC

1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	7	8	1
0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	1

F. Valdez12-10

7.0 IP, 6 H, 0 ER, 5 K, 1 BB

J. Lyles4-17

6.0 IP, 6 H, 4 ER, 6 K, 1 BB

Scoring Summary

		HOU	KC
2nd	Waters hit sacrifice fly to right, Loftin scored, Porter to third.	0	1
3rd	J. Abreu hit sacrifice fly to left, Altuve scored.	1	1
3rd	McCormick singled to center, Bregman scored, Alvarez to second.	2	1
4th	Meyers homered to center (419 feet).	3	1
5th	Alvarez homered to right (390 feet).	4	1
9th	Altuve singled to left, Meyers scored, Maldonado to second.	5	1
9th	Alvarez walked, Maldonado scored, Bregman to second, Altuve to third.	6	1
9th	J. Abreu grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Altuve scored, Alvarez out at second, Bregman to third.	7	1

Data is currently unavailable.

Astros
2
Royals
4

Game 1

16/9

Astros
8
Royals
10

Game 2

17/9

Astros
7
Royals
1

Game 3

17/9

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Seattle	90	72	.556	-	L3
Houston	87	75	.537	3	W2
Texas	81	81	.500	9	L2
Athletics	76	86	.469	14	L2
Los Angeles	72	90	.444	18	L2

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	88	74	.543	-	W2
Detroit	87	75	.537	1	L1
Kansas City	82	80	.506	6	W2
Minnesota	70	92	.432	18	L1
Chicago	60	102	.370	28	W1

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Houston Astros @ Kansas City Royals

Win Probability

Game Information

Homers by Alvarez, Meyers support Valdez’s 7 strong innings in Astros 7-1 win over Royals

F. Valdez12-10

J. Lyles4-17

Scoring Summary

Inning

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